The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University supports research on Japan and provides a forum for related academic activities and the exchange of ideas. It seeks to stimulate scholarly and public interest in Japan and Japanese studies at Harvard and around the world. Learn More »

Mainichi Shimbun interviews RIJS faculty Professor Andrew Gordon on Japan and the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII. View article »

Nikkei Business Online features article on recent House of Representatives election co-authored by RIJS faculty Professor Daniel Smith. Using innovative field surveys, the article concludes that Japanese voters are less concerned with Abenomics than issues surrounding the consumption tax, Trans-Pacific Partnership, constitutional revision, and Diet reform. View article »

RIJS faculty Professor Andrew Gordon honored with Imperial Decoration by the Japanese government for his contribution to Japanese Studies and promotion of mutual understanding between Japan and the U.S. Prof. Gordon received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon.

GSD students win awards for their work in building sustainable houses.
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Professor Yukio Lippit (History of Art and Architecture) awarded the 2014 John Whitney Hall Book Prize for Painting of the Realm: The Kano House of Painters in 17th-Century Japan (Univ of Washington Press, 2012) by the Association for Asian Studies.

H-Lab summer school in Tokyo inspires Japanese high school students to study abroad. View article »

Reischauer Institute faculty Professor Andrew Gordon, sharing his experience in developing the Japan Disasters Digital Archive, speaks on the role of digital media technology at an international conference on collecting memories from survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. View article »

Reischauer Institute Director Professor Theodore C. Bestor receives the Commissioner of Cultural Affairs Award for the Promotion of Japanese Culture from the Agency of Cultural Affairs in Japan. Professor Bestor is one of twelve distinguished figures to receive the award, which commends the efforts of individuals who endeavor to promote the study of Japanese culture overseas. View article »

Patrick Harlan (Harvard College '93), known in Japan as Pakkun, visits campus for his twentieth reunion and reflects on his offbeat path from student to comedian in Japan. View article »

Harvard graduate student Sakura Christmas' dissertation on Inner Mongolia and materials discovered during her research in Japan is featured in the Harvard Gazette. View article »

Harvard Club of Japan President Carl Kay (College '78) is featured in the Harvard Gazette as part of its continuing series on the university's deep ties with Asia. View article »

Distinguished architect and Harvard alumnus Paul Tange (College '81 and Graduate School of Design '85) describes vertical architecture and reflects on his Harvard years in the Harvard Gazette. View article »